[BC] FM Exciters (Pic's)

[Phil Alexander]

On 25 Feb 2006 at 11:17, Mark Humphrey wrote:

> Would you believe there's a station not far from here that was still running
> a TE-1 as their one-and-only exciter (in an FM-3H) until several weeks ago?
> 
> The owner lost a capacitor in the PA of the 3H a few months ago, so he
> decided it was time for a new transmitter, so the station installed a new
> Harris 5 kW box and kept the old rig for backup.  He told me the old TE-1
> had been very reliable.   Sometimes you do get lucky!

This guy should buy a lottery ticket once. With his luck, once would be
enough to win. <g>  The idea behind the TE-1 was great, but the execution
was terrible. A large number of early FM-xxH transmitters were shipped
with the old M-6095 tube exciter because the TE-1 didn't launch as
scheduled.


Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation) 
Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037





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